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L. ESCI-INER. NEGKSGARP.

Patented June 2,1891.

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L. ESOHNER.

NEGKSGARF.

No. 453,468. Patented June Z, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS ES OI-INER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No; 453,468, dated June 2, 1891. Application filed March 16, 1891. Serial No. 385,164. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS ESOHNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Neckscarfs. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of neckscarfs known as flat or puff scarfs,which have a head or upper portion to which the neekband is attached, and flaps or aprons crossed in front of and below said head portion, the object of my invention being to so construct such a neckscarf that it can be readily formed by hand from a single strip of material without sewing, and so that when those portions of the scarf which are most liable to be worn have become unpresentable the strip can be shifted or reversed so as to bring a new portion of the same into position at such wearing-points.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a front View of a neckscarf constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are views illustrating the successive operations in the formation of the scarf. Fig. 8 is a detached view of a lining or stiffening-piece for the head of the scarf.

Scarfs of the character to which my invention relates are generally made of a number of pieces, the head or center of the scarf constituting one piece and the separate tabs or aprons and neckband being secured to the head and retained in their proper position by sewing, so that the expense of manufacture is a considerable item in the cost of the scarf, or else the scarf is made from a strip having a narrow central portion and wide ends by tying it around the neck, the narrow central portion of the strip forming the neckband.

In carrying out my invention I simplify the construction of the scarf, permit of the complete formation of the same before it is applied to the neck, and render all hand-sewing in joining the portions of the same unnecessary, the method of procedure being as follows:

The scarf is composed of a single strip A, of any desired textile material, either lined or of single thickness, as may be preferred. This strip A, held with its face outward or to the rear, is first folded at an angle on the front side, as shown at a in Fig. 3, and the upwardlyprojecting end of the strip is then turned down at an angle on the outer or rear side, as shown in Fig. 4. The depending end of the strip is then doubled forward and passed laterally through the tapering pocket 1), formed by the first fold, as shown in Fig. 5, and the lateral fold is given a partial twist in said pocket, so that when the strip emerges from the pocket the back of the strip will be on the front or near side, so as to match the opposite end of the strip, as also shown in Fig. 5. The laterally-projecting portions of the strip are then successively folded to the front on the diagonal lines, as shown respectively in Figs. 6 and 7, so as to form the diagonally-crossing aprons, and the scarf is completed by pinning one end of the neckband D to one of the folded strips at one of the upper corners of the head of the scarf on the rear of said head at (Z, as shown in Fig. 2, the other end of the neckband being stiffened so that it can be thrust into the head of the scarf from the opposite upper corner of the same, as shown in Fig. 1,this end of the neckband passing diagonally through the head of the scarf and being retained in position by suitable means-for instance, by means of a projecting pin f at one side of a tapering lining or stiffening-piece F,whicl1 is preferably employed, this piece F being inserted laterally into the tapering pocket g, formed by the second fold atthe rear of the head and being secured in position by the same pin d which secures the neckband; or in cases where the neckband is not'used the pin may simply secure the lining-piece.

It may be advisable in some cases toinsure the retention of the diagonally-folded flaps or aprons at the front of the scarf by the use of a pin h at the back of the scarf, where these flaps or aprons cross each other, as shown in in Fig.2, and this pin may, if desired, also serve to sec'ure'the crossed flaps or aprons to the head of the scarf, as shown in said figure.

.A puifed appearance may be imparted to the scarf by forming folds or plaits i, Fig. 1, in the strip A before the laterally-projecting ends of the same (shown in Fig. 5) are folded over diagonally to form the crossed flaps or aprons of the scarf.

Having thus described 111 yinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The within-described neckscarficonsisting of a strip of material having its end por-- tions crossed diagonally in front of the scarf to form aprons, the central portion of the stripforming the scarf head in the rear of said aprons, and said head comprising front and rear transverse pockets, and a lateral and twisted fold passing through the front pocket, substantially as specified.

2. The within-deseribed neckscarf,consisting of a strip of material having diagonallyerossed ends forming the front flaps or aprons of the scarf, the central portion of the strip forming in the rear of said aprons the head of the scarf, with transverse pocket open at the sides, in combination with a stiffening- In testimony whereof I have signed my.

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS ESCIINER.

Witnesses:

II. F. REARDON, WILLIAM D. CoNNEn. 

